#55CAAF#55CAAF

#55CAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.113 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CAAF
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 175)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(166, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 13.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, -39.48, 3.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 39.64, 174.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.1128 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.113 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6011, 47.2643, 47.9540)
Luminance	0.4727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CAAF #CA5570

analogous

#55CA75 #55CAAF #55ABCA

triadic

#55CAAF #AF55CA #CAAF55

tetradic

#55CAAF #7555CA #CA5570 #ABCA55

square

#55CAAF #7555CA #CA5570 #ABCA55

split-complementary

#55CAAF #CA55AB #CA7555

monochromatic

#277D6A #36AC91 #55CAAF #84D9C5 #B2E7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#55CAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#55CAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAAF

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CAAF	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55caaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.113 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbc6',
    500: '#55caaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55caaf;
$custom-light: #90dbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55caaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.154,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76469,
    "c": 0.11313,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CAAF

secondary

#D5A5B0

accent

#4C6DDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CAAF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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